Senior Game Designer (Social & Metagame) - Mobile F2P/Licensed IP
UserWisePortugal13 hours ago
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Type: Full time - Remote
Location: Remote - open to all EU locations
The Opportunity
UserWise is developing a new mobile game based on a globally recognized entertainment IP, designed for mass-market appeal and long-term engagement.
We're looking for a Senior Game Designer (Social & Metagame) to help build and ship the day-to-day gameplay content and features that bring the game to life. This role is focused on execution: designing features, tuning content, and collaborating closely with engineering, art, and production to deliver a steady flow of fun, shippable gameplay.
This is a hands-on role in a lean team. You will be actively designing, iterating, and validating features throughout development, working under the direction of the Creative Director / Lead Game Designer and alongside the Systems & Economy Designer.
Role Focus
This role is accountable for:
What You'll Do
Feature & Content Design
What We're Looking For
Why Join UserWise
Location: Remote - open to all EU locations
The Opportunity
UserWise is developing a new mobile game based on a globally recognized entertainment IP, designed for mass-market appeal and long-term engagement.
We're looking for a Senior Game Designer (Social & Metagame) to help build and ship the day-to-day gameplay content and features that bring the game to life. This role is focused on execution: designing features, tuning content, and collaborating closely with engineering, art, and production to deliver a steady flow of fun, shippable gameplay.
This is a hands-on role in a lean team. You will be actively designing, iterating, and validating features throughout development, working under the direction of the Creative Director / Lead Game Designer and alongside the Systems & Economy Designer.
Role Focus
This role is accountable for:
- Social & Competitive Design: Designing "Social Friction" loops (Leaderboards, PvP, Trading) that drive engagement
- Collection Metas: Architecting long-term collection systems (ex: Sticker Albums, Sets) that drive retention
- LiveOps Cadence: Designing the daily tournament flows and event rewards
- Execution and Iteration: Taking designs from concept to implementation
- Clarity and Quality: Ensuring the moment-to-moment player experience is polished and intuitive
What You'll Do
Feature & Content Design
- Design and implement gameplay features, modes, and content aligned with the overall game vision
- Create clear design specs, flows, and tuning values for engineers to implement
- Iterate on features based on playtesting, feedback, and data
- Design and configure content for events, challenges, missions, and progression beats
- Support LiveOps execution by creating and tuning content within existing systems
- Ensure content remains fresh, understandable, and rewarding for players
- Work closely with the Creative Director / Lead Game Designer to execute on the game's vision and quality bar
- Partner with the Systems & Economy Designer to ensure features fit cleanly into progression and economy frameworks
- Collaborate daily with engineers and artists to bring features from design to shippable reality
- Participate in playtests and reviews, identifying issues and proposing improvements
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in game design for mobile F2P games
- Proven experience designing and shipping social, metagame, or progression-driven systems (e.g. leaderboards, collections, tournaments, PvP-lite mechanics)
- Strong understanding of casual or hybrid-casual player motivation, especially social comparison and reward loops
- Ability to translate high-level direction into clear, implementable designs
- Comfortable iterating quickly based on playtests, feedback, and data
- Strong collaboration skills when working with designers, engineers, and artists
- Excellent communication skills
- Fluent in English; effective in a remote, international team
- Experience with LiveOps content or events
- Familiarity with Unity or other game engines
- Experience working with licensed IP
- Interest in analytics and using data to inform iteration
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development or gameplay systems, such as content generation, tuning automation, or adaptive difficulty
Why Join UserWise
- Contribute directly to a new mobile game from early development through launch
- Work on a globally recognized IP with real brand reach and growth potential
- Work in a small, collaborative team where your work ships quickly
- High ownership, high visibility, and direct influence on how players engage with our product
- 100% remote, flexible work with a small, passionate, execution-focused team
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